Tracey Williams, 45, of Fort Pierce, was traveling in the center lane on northbound I-95 when the left front tire on her 2000 Volvo blew out. While attempting to make her way to the left shoulder, a Melbourne woman traveling behind her hit the brakes on her 2009 Chevy Impala in an attempt to avoid a collision.

Additional crashes on Fellsmere Road are creating congestion following a fatal crash early Tuesday.(Photo11: Contributed by Fellsmere police)

Katrina Steele, 26, lost control of her vehicle and crashed into the back of a trailer Williams was hauling, FHP reported.

A third vehicle approaching in the center lane also crashed into the back of Williams' trailer. The 2006 Pontiac came to rest in the center lane, facing east, but was then struck by a 2016 Volkswagon Jetta driven by 40-year-old Desmond Smith of Daytona Beach, FHP reported.

The Pontiac flipped, and eventually landed upright in the center and right lanes. The driver, 53-year-old William Conn, died at the scene.

Approaching the string of crashes, Matthew Hardy, 34, driving a 2017 Audi, saw the Chevy's headlights facing southward and swerved right. He then saw Williams' vehicle and swerved left. The Aventura man crashed into Williams' trailer, spun clockwise over the lanes, and came to a rest in the median.